The Art of Medicine for the Medicine of Art

O+ Festival’s First Year, Kingston NY 2010

Founded in Kingston, New York, chapters of O+ (“O Positive,” like the blood type) across America host weekend-long annual art and music festivals where artists and musicians exhibit their talents in exchange for access to medical, vision, dental, and alternative care from art-loving, volunteer doctors and other wellness professionals at the O+ Pop-Up Clinic.

O+ renews and strengthens communities by unifying local artists and musicians, health professionals, property owners, business owners and neighbors under a common goal, and strives to develop a model for all communities in which perpetual access to affordable and reliable wellness services for the working creative community can become a reality.

Contact O+ acting executive director, outreach coordinator, and local artist Joe Concra at joe@opositivefestival.org if you’re interested in hosting a chapter of O+ Festival in your own community.

O+ mini-documentary created by Maciek Godlewski